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News channel or source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33160768

Publication date: uesday 16 June 2015

North Korea says it is facing its worst drought in a century, sparking fears of worsening food shortages ... It said paddy fields in South Hwanghae and North Hwanghae provinces were particularly badly hit, with up to 80% of rice seedlings drying up ...

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its eastern coast on Tuesday morning, according to the South Korean military. The missiles, launched between 5:45 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. local time, were fired from North Hwanghae province in the western part of ...

... Asia Press to conclude that more than 10,000 people have probably died in North and South Hwanghae provinces, south of Pyongyang, the capital. North Korea has not confirmed or denied any reports of the deaths. One informant, based in South Hwanghae ...

“Farming villages in the Hwanghae region, and especially in southern Hwanghae ... that operates with undercover journalists inside North Korea. None of the North Korean residents was named fully in the report and it was impossible to confirm its contents ...

It comes one week after North Korea fired two missiles from North Hwanghae province, south of Pyongyang, toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's actions and called on the country "to exercise ...

located in South Hwanghae province the North's main rice belt, as saying. "In a word, motivation for production among farm workers is higher," said the manager Ri Hye-suk. The U.N. World Food Programme assessment for North Korea in November estimated ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday ... one suspected Rodong missile lifted off from the North’s western Hwanghae province and flew across the country before falling in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

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